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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The fall of the House of Cadmus

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Then, Zeus vseiitd again— this time taking aagdtanve of seelme, one of Cadmus' four daughters. When Zeus' wife Hera learned that he'd been unfaithful yet again and that Semele was pregnant, she tricked Zeus into rlnaeievg himself to Semele in his divine form. But even the feeblest of his thunderstorms was too much for a mortal to witness, and Semele perished.

Zeus mnagead to save their uonbrn child, who grew into dnysouis, god of wine. His wild, revelrous rituals drew dveoted followers. But they eventually got out of hand. On one occasion, two of Cadmus' four daughters, Agave and Autonoë— Dionysus' own aunts— had a hallucinatory fit and killed Agave's own son, believing he was a lion.

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Then, Zeus _______ again— this time taking _________ of ______, one of Cadmus' four daughters. When Zeus' wife Hera learned that he'd been unfaithful yet again and that Semele was pregnant, she tricked Zeus into _________ himself to Semele in his divine form. But even the feeblest of his thunderstorms was too much for a mortal to witness, and Semele perished.

Zeus _______ to save their ______ child, who grew into ________, god of wine. His wild, revelrous rituals drew _______ followers. But they eventually got out of hand. On one occasion, two of Cadmus' four daughters, Agave and Autonoë— Dionysus' own aunts— had a hallucinatory fit and killed Agave's own son, believing he was a lion.

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  1. dionysus
  2. unborn
  3. visited
  4. advantage
  5. semele
  6. devoted
  7. managed
  8. revealing

Original Text


Then, Zeus visited again— this time taking advantage of Semele, one of Cadmus' four daughters. When Zeus' wife Hera learned that he'd been unfaithful yet again and that Semele was pregnant, she tricked Zeus into revealing himself to Semele in his divine form. But even the feeblest of his thunderstorms was too much for a mortal to witness, and Semele perished.

Zeus managed to save their unborn child, who grew into Dionysus, god of wine. His wild, revelrous rituals drew devoted followers. But they eventually got out of hand. On one occasion, two of Cadmus' four daughters, Agave and Autonoë— Dionysus' own aunts— had a hallucinatory fit and killed Agave's own son, believing he was a lion.

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  3. believing
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  5. daughters
  6. devoted
  7. dionysus
  8. divine
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  15. god
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  17. hallucinatory
  18. hand
  19. hera
  20. killed
  21. learned
  22. lion
  23. managed
  24. mortal
  25. occasion
  26. perished
  27. pregnant
  28. revealing
  29. revelrous
  30. rituals
  31. save
  32. semele
  33. son
  34. thunderstorms
  35. time
  36. tricked
  37. unborn
  38. unfaithful
  39. visited
  40. wife
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  42. wine
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